Alternative reinsurance capital

HCI Group, Inc., the insurance holding company, has confirmed that only one of its three reinsurance towers has been impacted after receiving claims from Hurricane Isaias, while the company also expects one of its tokenized reinsurance securities to be affected by losses from the storm too.

Korra, the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform from Ledger Investing, has announced that it has launched Korra Deal Analysis, an application that’s expected to help market participants analyse the quantitative and qualitative aspects of casualty, non-catastrophe property, and specialty reinsurance and ILS opportunities.

Competitive insurance and reinsurance market conditions are spreading beyond just property risks, as there is “a lot of hungry and extremely naive capacity available,” Chubb CEO Evan Greenberg said today.

As casualty sidecars continue to gain traction, rating agency AM Best has highlighted that clear exit mechanics, high-quality collateral, and transparent risk transfer are critical to lowering tail risk capital charges for sponsors, warning that uncertain exit terms or weak collateral can leave cedents holding unexpected residual risk.

Speaking earlier today during Hannover Re’s Baden-Baden media briefing, Patrick Horstmann Managing Director, and Head of insurance-linked securities (ILS) at the firm, emphasised that the German reinsurer sees ILS capital as a sustainable addition to the global reinsurance market and a key area of growth for the company.

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As industry focus grows on designing efficient structures to enable capital to connect with reinsurance risk, Lloyd’s has issued guidance on its expectations for any broker-originated reinsurance structures, which is a strategy that Lloyd’s itself believes is likely to see increasing demand.

Marsh clients are exploring greater use of third-party capital solutions, including sidecars for liability portfolios, as abundant reinsurance capacity and relatively benign catastrophe losses keep market conditions competitive ahead of the January 1 renewals, according to John Doyle, the firm’s President and Chief Executive Officer.

Traditional reinsurance capital remains the driving force and foundational backbone of the global risk market. While the use of alternative capital is increasing, it cannot function in isolation, Thomas Blunck emphasised during Munich Re’s recent Baden-Baden Reinsurance briefing.

Speaking ahead of the 2026 Baden-Baden gathering, Leopoldo Camara, Head of P&C Reinsurance Northern, Central & Eastern Europe at Swiss Re outlined that more reinsurance capital is needed in the market to address growing, interconnected risks, while also emphasising that the reinsurer will use its deep risk expertise to align alternative capital where it makes sense.